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Aditi Tandon New Delhi, August 10 Former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and senior BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi on Wednesday twisted the tale of the NDA-JDU break-up saying Chief Minister Nitish Kumar wanted to be Vice-President of India. “Nitish wanted to become Vice-President of India. Many senior JDU leaders sounded…

Solan, August 10 A tanker on its way from Chandigarh towards Solan rammed into four vehicles near Shamlech on the Kalka-Shimla highway early Wednesday morning. Two people, including a woman and a youth, were injured in the accident. They were occupant of a Maruti car and an i-10. …

New Delhi, August 10 The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to poet and activist P Varavara Rao on medical grounds in the Bhima-Koregaon case. While granting bail to the 82-year-old, a bench headed by Justice UU Lalit said he would not misuse the liberty in any manner. Rao, who…

New Delhi, August 10 The government has approved Biological E’s Corbevax as a precaution dose for those above 18 years fully vaccinated with either Covishield or Covaxin, official sources said on Wednesday. This is for the first time that a booster dose that is different from the one used for…

Panchkula, August 10 The video of a girl student being beaten up by a schoolteacher has been doing the rounds on the Internet. A video grab of the primary schoolteacher beating up the girl student in Majri. The video is that of a primary school at Majri…

Saurabh Malik Chandigarh, August 10 The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday granted regular bail to senior Akali leader and former minister Bikram Singh Majithia in a drugs-related case. The judgment was reserved less than a fortnight back by the Bench of Justice MS Ramachandra Rao and Justice…

Jupinderjit Singh Chandigarh, August 10 There were three shooting incidents in Surrey, Canada, on Tuesday. Police and media reports said a man was shot dead and another wounded. Police have not disclosed the identity of the deceased but said the man had criminal history. He was shot in a car…

Srinagar, August 10 Three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday, police said. The security forces had launched a cordon-and-search operation at Waterhail in the Khansahib area of the district following inputs about the presence of terrorists there….

Srinagar, August 10 Three Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists, including Lateef Rather who was involved in the killing of Kashmiri Pandit government employee Rahul Bhat in May, are trapped in an ongoing encounter with security forces in Budgam, police said on Wednesday morning. Security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation at Waterhail in Khansahib…

Geetanjali Gayatri Chandigarh, August 9 Cornered by the Opposition over rampant illegal mining in the state, the Haryana Government today reaffirmed its commitment to conduct a judicial probe into the mowing down of Tauru DSP Surender Singh. It admitted that the dumper, stopped for checking by the slain officer on…

New Delhi, August 9 Forty-one days after taking oath as the Maharashtra Chief Minister, Eknath Shinde today expanded his Cabinet with 18 ministers taking oath, nine each from his rebel Shiv Sena group and the BJP. The list does not include a woman, for which rival parties slammed the BJP,…

Vibha Sharma New Delhi, August 9 The NDA’s only major ally Janata Dal (United) and its supremo Nitish Kumar today broke off with the BJP once again to form an alliance with Lalu Prasad Yadav’s RJD. The move paves the way for ‘Mahagathbandhan 2.0’ and the possibility of Nitish emerging…

New Delhi, August 9 Nitish Kumar will take oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the eighth time in 22 years on Wednesday. It is because of his “frequent political somersaults and U-turns” that not just BJP leaders, but also some in the Opposition also view the JD(U) supremo…

Vibha Sharma New Delhi, August 9 NDA’s only major ally and Janata Dal-United supremo Nitish Kumar on Tuesday broke off with the BJP again to form an alliance with Lalu Prasad Yadav’s RJD, paving the way for ‘Mahagathbandhan 2.0’ and the possibility of emerging as a challenger to Prime…

New Delhi, August 9As he snapped ties with the BJP, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has once again been pitched as a prime ministerial candidate for the 2024 elections by some, but a majority of the Opposition still view the JD(U) leader with suspicion citing his numerous ‘U-turns’.A senior Opposition…